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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 90-180 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |
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